What is the test for establishing that a criminal conviction is lacking evidentiary support?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Mitchell, 164 Cal.App.3d 859, 210 Cal.Rptr. 830 (Cal. App. 1985):

In reviewing a criminal conviction challenged as lacking evidentiary support, the court must review the whole record in the light most favorable to the judgment below to determine whether it discloses substantial evidence--that is, evidence which is reasonable, credible, and of solid value--such that a reasonable trier of fact could find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. (People v. Johnson (1980) 26 Cal.3d 557, 578, 162 Cal.Rptr. 431, 606 P.2d 738.) Our examination of the record in accordance with these principles leads to the conclusion that substantial evidence supports the conviction, that is, that a reasonable trier of fact could find defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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